“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Author: Angela Zafiris
Before the Rainfall/Πριν απο τη βροχoπτωση
The beautiful Mount Pentelicus (Pentelli), with its monasteries and luxury homes, is located northeast of Athens. It is from this mountain range that the ancient Greeks extracted their white marble to build the Parthenon and other temples in Athens. The weather that day changed abruptly, but I was able to sneak in a few photographs before the rainfall.
Be Kind To Yourself!
My hand-made collage with images from magazines, text that I typed and printed, and a message attached to a yogi tea bag that I glued on to the woman in the framed image. Then, after I scanned the image on to the computer, I played around with photo shop, and I changed the colours from blue to yellow and put a heart around the image.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Modern Woman/Η Συνχρονη Γυναικα
High heels
Red lips
She’s careful to never slip
Chin up in the air when she walks
The confidence in her talk
Her ‘multi-tasking’ ability
She’s mastered the code between women
Closeness to the creation
Her love of pretty things
Long hair shining in the sun
Her obsession with beauty
Critical of her body
A career, marriage and children
All happen so effortlessly
Her pride
Her ego
Are as strong as any mans’.
The modern woman, so much is expected from her. To be everything and to do everything. She is not simple, she’s very complicated.. I can go on and on about her. The discussion is never-ending.
FYI-The words in Greek are ‘Woman or child?’, ‘Goddess within’ and ‘fearless’.
She Got Burned!/Αυτη Καηκε!
Many Crosses to Bear
Two Black Hearts/Δυο Μαυρες Καρδιες
Two black hearts
Collide
Αn anger that won’t subside
Cold and dark
As a winters’ night
They fight
The light together
From blue to black
And black to blue
Μay a black heart never trouble you!
‘Better a red face than a black heart’. Portuguese proverb
Borage Blue Flower/Η Μπουράντζα
The Borage plant, found in my garden and other gardens in the meditteranean, for the ancient Greeks, Romans and Celts and even in Medieval times symbolized courage and comfort. The blue flower, also called starflower, is tiny and very hairy, its leaves can be used in salads and the seeds are used to make borage seed oil for many ailments. The blue flower, when dried, is used to make tea as well.
Το φυτό Βόραγο, βρισκετε στον κήπο μου και σε άλλες κήπους στη Μεσόγειο, για τους αρχαίους Έλληνες, οι Ρωμαίοι και οι Κέλτες και ακόμη και στους μεσαιωνικούς χρόνους συμβόλιζε το θάρρος και την άνεση . Το μπλε λουλούδι, που ονομάζεται επίσης ‘starflower’, είναι πολύ μικρό και πολύ τριχωτό, τα φύλλα του μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν σε σαλάτες και οι σπόροι χρησιμοποιούνται για να κάνουν σπορέλαιο μποράγκο για πολλές παθήσεις. Το μπλε λουλούδι, όταν ξηραίνεται, χρησιμοποιείται για να φτιάξετε τσάι.
Fresh as a daisy!/Μαργαριτες
The beautiful and simple daisy symbolizes purity, chastity, cleanliness. The word daisy comes from the Middle English ‘day’s eye’ because of how the flower opens and closes with the sun. The Greek word for daisy is ‘Margarita’ which is also the feminine name ‘Margaret’ a name used in western culture.







